Area Sales Manager – Plumbing Fittings

Area Sales Manager – Plumbing Fittings Job Title: Regional Sales Manager – Plumbing Fittings Industry Sector: Plumbing fittings, press fittings, copper pipe, accessories, valves, tooling, valves, stainless, carbon, plumbers merchants, builders merchants, distribution, mechanical contractors, plumbers, installers Area to be covered: London & Home Counties Remuneration: £50,000-£55,000 Neg. + 15-20% Bonus Benefits: £500 car allowance + full benefits The role of the Area Sales Manager – Plumbing Fittings will involve: * Field sales position, selling a distributed range of plumbing fitting, press fittings, pipe, ancillaries, accessories and tooling * Selling into circa hundreds of trading merchant accounts, predominantly plumbers merchants but also plumbing and heating distributors * Inheriting an area that has not had dedicated full time field sales coverage * Tasked with growing turnover from £500,000 to £800,000 * 75% of your time looking after the plumbers merchants and plumbing and heating distributors * 25% stimulating demand with mechanical contractors. Plumbers and plumbing and heating installers * 4 days a week on the road in front of customers, typically 4 visits per day The ideal applicant will be an Area Sales Manager – Plumbing Fittings with: * Proven field sales experience within the plumbing and heating industry * Must have sold into plumbers merchants * Ideally stimulated demand for plumbing products with mechanical contractors and plumbing installers * Familiarity with plumbing fitting, press fittings, pipe, ancillaries, accessories and tooling may be advantageous * Proven account management/ account development skills * Excellent territory planning skills * Contacts within distributors is not essential but may be useful * Incredibly pro-active, driven and motivated, prepared to manage the area as if it was your own business * Commercial acumen, resilient The Company: * Est. 12 years+ * Circa £6m turnover * Privately held Mitchell Maguire is a specialist Construction Sales Recruitment Consultancy, dealing exclusively with Construction Sales Jobs, Construction sales vacancies and Specification sales positions within: Plumbing fittings, press fittings, copper pipe, accessories, valves, tooling, valves, stainless, carbon, plumbers merchants, builders merchants, distribution, mechanical contractors, plumbers, installers